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Soseki Natsume quotes: People really didn't change very much, he thought; they only decayed.

People really didn't change very much, he thought; they only decayed.

Soseki Natsume quotes: I would guess that he thought and thought for at least ten years before he came up with a stupendous idea, that glory of man's inventiveness, pants.

I would guess that he thought and thought for at least ten years before he came up with a stupendous idea, that glory of man's inventiveness, pants.

Soseki Natsume quotes: Reflection may be essential to a scholar, but it's taboo in social intercourse.

Reflection may be essential to a scholar, but it's taboo in social intercourse.

Soseki Natsume quotes: People may make fun of me because I'm wearing something odd, but it's still good to be alive.

People may make fun of me because I'm wearing something odd, but it's still good to be alive.

Soseki Natsume quotes: I'll worry about tomorrow tomorrow.

I'll worry about tomorrow tomorrow.

Soseki Natsume quotes: Where joy grows deep, sorrow must deepen; the greater one's pleasures, the greater the pain.

Where joy grows deep, sorrow must deepen; the greater one's pleasures, the greater the pain.

Soseki Natsume quotes: Your addiction to thinking will come back to haunt you.

Your addiction to thinking will come back to haunt you.

Soseki Natsume quotes: The plain fact is that humans, one and all, are merely thieves at heart.

The plain fact is that humans, one and all, are merely thieves at heart.

Soseki Natsume quotes: If whiskers establish sauciness, every cat is impudent.

If whiskers establish sauciness, every cat is impudent.

Soseki Natsume quotes: Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head.

Even bigger than Japan is the inside of your head.

Soseki Natsume quotes: Had I the time to keep a diary, I'd use that time to better effect; sleeping on the veranda.

Had I the time to keep a diary, I'd use that time to better effect; sleeping on the veranda.

Soseki Natsume quotes: Tea is, in fact, a marvelous drink. To those who spurn it on the grounds of insomnia, I say that it's better to be deprived of sleep than of tea.

Tea is, in fact, a marvelous drink. To those who spurn it on the grounds of insomnia, I say that it's better to be deprived of sleep than of tea.

Soseki Natsume quotes: A world where falling in love requires marrying is a world where novels require reading from beginning to end.

A world where falling in love requires marrying is a world where novels require reading from beginning to end.

Soseki Natsume quotes: The memory of having sat at someone's feet will later make you want to trample him underfoot.

The memory of having sat at someone's feet will later make you want to trample him underfoot.

Soseki Natsume quotes: People forget their faces when they're busy.

People forget their faces when they're busy.

Soseki Natsume quotes: Anyone who sang the praises of undying love in this day and age belonged to the first rank of hypocrites in Daisuke's estimate.

Anyone who sang the praises of undying love in this day and age belonged to the first rank of hypocrites in Daisuke's estimate.

Soseki Natsume quotes: The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective.

The average novel invariably reads like a detective's report. It is drab and tedious because it is never objective.

Soseki Natsume quotes: The poet has an obligation to dissect his own corpse and reveal the symptoms of its illness to the world.

The poet has an obligation to dissect his own corpse and reveal the symptoms of its illness to the world.

Soseki Natsume quotes: The autumn leaves, arranged in two or three scarlet terraces among the pine-trees, have fallen like ancient dreams.

The autumn leaves, arranged in two or three scarlet terraces among the pine-trees, have fallen like ancient dreams.

Soseki Natsume quotes: It's a shame that an education just gives people the means to chop logic

It's a shame that an education just gives people the means to chop logic

Soseki Natsume quotes: It's so unrewarding, being a woman.

It's so unrewarding, being a woman.

Soseki Natsume quotes: How deep, how recondite this seeming petty heart,In whose recesses right and wrong lie dimmed by distance.

How deep, how recondite this seeming petty heart,
In whose recesses right and wrong lie dimmed by distance.

Soseki Natsume quotes: His grin seemed to say, "It is, for some strange reason, considered proper to congratulate people on such occasions as this.

His grin seemed to say, "It is, for some strange reason, considered proper to congratulate people on such occasions as this.

Soseki Natsume quotes: We who are born into this age of freedom and independence and the self must undergo this loneliness. It is the price we pay for these times of ours.

We who are born into this age of freedom and independence and the self must undergo this loneliness. It is the price we pay for these times of ours.

Soseki Natsume quotes: And men who accept the burdens of regret, whether in respect of watercolors or of anything else, are not the stuff that men of the world are made of.

And men who accept the burdens of regret, whether in respect of watercolors or of anything else, are not the stuff that men of the world are made of.

Soseki Natsume quotes: I am a cat. As yet I have no name

I am a cat. As yet I have no name

Soseki Natsume quotes: I thought of the new stone, of my new wife, and of the newly buried white bones beneath us, and I felt that fate had made sport of us all.

I thought of the new stone, of my new wife, and of the newly buried white bones beneath us, and I felt that fate had made sport of us all.

Soseki Natsume quotes: Of all the tribulations in this world, boredom is the one most hard to bear.

Of all the tribulations in this world, boredom is the one most hard to bear.

Soseki Natsume quotes: He framed a question inwardly to his vanity: 'Will this be tougher than I thought?

He framed a question inwardly to his vanity: 'Will this be tougher than I thought?

Soseki Natsume quotes: To be able to muster so many complaints about one little thing - yes, you'll get ahead, that's for sure.

To be able to muster so many complaints about one little thing - yes, you'll get ahead, that's for sure.

Soseki Natsume quotes: But to my questions he gave replies so vague that one could not tell whether they came from the mountains or the sea.

But to my questions he gave replies so vague that one could not tell whether they came from the mountains or the sea.

Soseki Natsume quotes: You have a fine scholar's way with words, I must say. You're good at empty reasoning.

You have a fine scholar's way with words, I must say. You're good at empty reasoning.

Soseki Natsume quotes: No matter how full one's head might be with the image of greatness, one was useless, I found out, unless one was a worthy man first.

No matter how full one's head might be with the image of greatness, one was useless, I found out, unless one was a worthy man first.

Soseki Natsume quotes: Secretiveness is a most mysterious matter. However well one guards a secret, sooner or later it's bound to come out.

Secretiveness is a most mysterious matter. However well one guards a secret, sooner or later it's bound to come out.

Soseki Natsume quotes: Anyone without spiritual aspirations is a fool

Anyone without spiritual aspirations is a fool

Soseki Natsume quotes: Into the field ofYellow flowersThe red setting sun!

Into the field of
Yellow flowers
The red setting sun!

Soseki Natsume quotes: The trouble with women is that they talk too much. It would be good if human beings would keep as silent as this cat.

The trouble with women is that they talk too much. It would be good if human beings would keep as silent as this cat.

Soseki Natsume quotes: From then on, my thesis hung over me like a curse, and with bloodshot eyes, I worked like a madman.

From then on, my thesis hung over me like a curse, and with bloodshot eyes, I worked like a madman.

Soseki Natsume quotes: My hand may slip from lack of practice, but I do not believe my clumsy writing derives from an agitated mind.

My hand may slip from lack of practice, but I do not believe my clumsy writing derives from an agitated mind.

Soseki Natsume quotes: You'd better watch out - life can be dangerous.

You'd better watch out - life can be dangerous.

Soseki Natsume quotes: But sick or well, humans are fragile creatures, you know. There's no anticipating how or when they might die, or for what reason

But sick or well, humans are fragile creatures, you know. There's no anticipating how or when they might die, or for what reason

Soseki Natsume quotes: Age should never meddle with such a matter. Mind your own business.

Age should never meddle with such a matter. Mind your own business.

Soseki Natsume quotes: Our hearts parted a long time ago, and I was wrong to think they could be brought together again.

Our hearts parted a long time ago, and I was wrong to think they could be brought together again.

Soseki Natsume quotes: To be as comfortably off as you are is, after all, the best way to be.

To be as comfortably off as you are is, after all, the best way to be.

Soseki Natsume quotes: The artist, even when he imitates nature, always feels himself to be not a slave but a demigod.

The artist, even when he imitates nature, always feels himself to be not a slave but a demigod.

Soseki Natsume quotes: You must not speak ill of other persons. After all, everyone dies when their allotted span is over.

You must not speak ill of other persons. After all, everyone dies when their allotted span is over.

Soseki Natsume quotes: Under the sun the couple presented smiles to the world. Under the moon, they were lost in thought: and so they had quietly passed the years.

Under the sun the couple presented smiles to the world. Under the moon, they were lost in thought: and so they had quietly passed the years.

Soseki Natsume quotes: Men works by preference, not by logic.

Men works by preference, not by logic.

Soseki Natsume quotes: Some say that life has no form, that it is extremely diffuse. I think I can agree with them ... A life without conclusions is painful.

Some say that life has no form, that it is extremely diffuse. I think I can agree with them ... A life without conclusions is painful.

Soseki Natsume quotes: I am not as hard as I seem. For the right person, I too could shed a few tears.

I am not as hard as I seem. For the right person, I too could shed a few tears.

Soseki Natsume quotes: Until then I had floated at random, like a rootless aquatic plant, relying entirely on the opinions of others.

Until then I had floated at random, like a rootless aquatic plant, relying entirely on the opinions of others.

Soseki Natsume quotes: On a charcoal kiln a vine keeps climbing, while being burned to death.

On a charcoal kiln a vine keeps climbing, while being burned to death.

Soseki Natsume quotes: But when luck is running against one, nothing goes well.

But when luck is running against one, nothing goes well.